Oklahoma joins Florida in passing its own version of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) called the "Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022." The legislation is set to take effect on Nov. 1, 2022.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has finalized its administrative rule requiring all employers within its jurisdiction to post notices informing employees of their rights to join a union free of threats and intimidation by the employer.

Background checks have become a familiar arrow in the quiver for employers in the applicant selection process. They have taken on an important role in overall hiring schemes designed to help eager employers glean the cream of the crop in a competitive job market.

Before long, school will be back in session, and Friday nights will be spent attending high school football games.

For many community banks, the legal side of banking can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate.

On March 30, 2017, Ohio Governor John Kasich and the executive directors of Ohio's health care licensing agencies announced new opiate prescribing standards for acute pain.

Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill into law on April 23, 2010 that makes it a state crime to be in Arizona illegally and requires state police to check the status of people they suspect to be illegal immigrants.

On April 16, 2010, the Justice Department filed a complaint against John Jay College alleging that the college engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination by requiring all non-U.S. citizens to present certain work authorization documents to the exclusion of other acceptable documents.

On June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court held that children born in the United States to parents who are temporarily present, or to parents who are unlawfully present in the United States, are citizens...

Incoterms 2010 have now been effective for nearly three months, and contracting parties should be familiarizing themselves with the changes that were made from the 2000 to the 2010 version.

Background checks have become a familiar arrow in the quiver for employers in the applicant selection process. They have taken on an important role in overall hiring schemes designed to help eager employers glean the cream of the crop in a competitive job market.

Some underground coal mine operators already saddled with copious amounts of paperwork will soon be required to monitor and report their greenhouse gas emissions.

The new health reform law gives a tax credit to eligible small employers that provide health care coverage to their employees, effective with tax years beginning in 2010.

Lenders and property owners relying on the creditor's rights endorsement to their policy of title insurance will quickly learn, if they have not already, that this endorsement has become widely unavailable.

The IRS ruled that a foundation formed to provide tuition and room and board scholarships to members of a local fraternity chapter is not entitled to exempt status as a Section 501(c)(3) educational organization.

In addition to expanding lending to small businesses, the Small Business Jobs Act ("SBJA"), effective September 27, 2010, also includes several tax provisions which aim to encourage investment, promote entrepreneurship and provide small business relief.

The cycle of certain laws is all too familiar. A specific issue or need arises and gains national attention. Congress drafts a law with the best intentions of solving the problem. Experts and the public applaud the legislation for bringing significant change. Only years later does the country discover that there are additional consequences beyond what the drafters intended. The discovery of these new issues sends Congress back to the drawing board.

On January 26th, the Senate Judiciary Committee addressed fraud enforcement in their first hearing of the new Congressional session.

In a recent case, a Dayton-based managed health care organization, CareSource, agreed to pay $26 million to settle claims alleging CareSource defrauded the federal government.

Much recent attention has been on Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis' signing of extensive property insurance law changes in Florida.